Posted by Dinah on April 28, 2005, at 8:57:00
In reply to Trying to understand spite, posted by Sarah T. on April 28, 2005, at 3:08:19
I haven't extended my professional reading to the topic of spite (rueful self-deprecatory grin). But the spiteful people I have known are the ones who feel deprived themselves. Or insecure or unloved. So they are angry when they see others getting what they feel they've never gotten. Or feel they have to make others feel worse so that they won't feel so bad.
But that's just a guess. FWIW.
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